The Pigs

The Pigs in Animal Farm


Bolshevik Revolution of 1917:

• When Czar Nicholas II was overthrown, the Provisional Government took over power.
• The Bolshevik Party was developed when the new government did not let the councils of workers and peasants make their own decisions.
• The Provisional Government began to lose support and the Bolsheviks formed an insurrection against the Provisional Government.
• Finally, the Provisional Government fell to the Bosheviks.
• Joseph Stalin takes power once Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky are out of office.

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All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks):

• Wanted social and economic equality.
• Comes from the ideas of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.

The Pigs and Stalin's Communist Party Loyalists:

The Pigs	Stalin's Communist Party Loyalists
Followed every word out of Napolean's mouth.	Followed every word out of Stalin's mouth.
Were treated better than the other animals because they believed in Napolean's rules.	Stalinists are treated better because they don't question Stalin's rule.
Pigs live comfortably unless they try to retaliate.	Stalinists were held in high esteem unless they tried to go against Stalin.

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Important Quotes:

• "Somehow it seemed as thought the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer except, of course, the pigs and the dogs" (Orwell, 1997).
• "...even the pigs joined in [the building of the windmill] at critical moments" (Orwell, 1997).
• "It was absolutely necessary, [Squealer] said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in" (Orwell, 1997).

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References:

Bolshevik Revolution: 1917. (n.d.). Then Again. . .. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/easteurope/octrev.html

Down, t. R., & Coelho , W. -. (n.d.). George Orwell - 'Animal Farm'. Nabou.com - Book Reviews. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from
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George Orwell's Animal Farm: Lessons for Today. (n.d.). The Stentorian: For the Preservation of Liberty and Individual Freedom. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from
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Orwell, G. (1997). Animal Farm. Evanston: McDougal Litell.

Social inequality, bureaucracy and the betrayal of socialism in the Soviet Union . (n.d.). World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from
http://www.wsws.org/exhibits/1937/lecture3.htm

Work: Summaries and Interpretations: Animal Farm. (n.d.). George Orwell. Retrieved December 6, 2010, from
http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/summaries/animf.html